Tuesday's Sound Off

Local school districts should follow the path of Phoenixville by working to regain charter school students. Not only will it help districts financially, students will gain academically. Only one cyber charter school in the state made adequate yearly progress last year.

There are some people in Pottstown who have kept the old-time telephones, you know, with the land line. Is that because they need a court order to wiretap us but they can wiretap everybody without a court order who’s on a cell phone? We’d like to know what’s going on that we can’t get decent phone service in this town anymore.

According to the article in the Mercury the other day, no wonder the retirement system for state reps and senators is so screwed up. A person who has 36 years gets $19,000 more than one who has 34 years and one with 20 years, believe it or not, gets $3,300 more than someone with 28 years. As the saying goes, “the math doesn’t add up.”

Now I know why Stone’s Hearing Aid Service was number one in the Mercury contest. I needed help with my hearing aid and I called Stone’s and they came and helped get my hearing aid back in shape. When they were finished, they said, “No charge, Merry Christmas.” I thought how wonderful to have local people come to the house and not charge anything. Buy local and keep your business in Pottstown.

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A SATISFIED CUSTOMER

I keep seeing these commercials and toys for Angry Birds. Could somebody please tell me something about that? I don’t understand what these Angry Birds are.

I’m sick and tired of seeing these Democrats bring everything on the Republicans when there has not been a bill passed in the House. Harry Reid refuses to let a bill come up for vote because he’s afraid it will be passed. I think it’s the Democrats’ turn to look back and see how smart they really are.

Recently when visiting my doctor I was asked how things were going. I told her I woke up one morning and looked in the bathroom mirror and much to my surprise I saw an old man looking back at me. I asked her what she thought about that to which she replied, “Well, the good news is there’s nothing wrong with your eyes.”

JIM FITCH

To the person who wants to have President Obama re-elected again, don’t be at all surprised if he tries to violate the Constitution once again by signing an executive order allowing him to be re-elected.

For all you who haven’t seen the display on 2020 Ridge Road, hurry up and get there before they take them down. It looks like Christmas Village. Thank you so much.

For all the people saying civilians should not be owning assault rifles, who do you think you are to tell us what we can and cannot have? The last time I checked this was supposed to be a free country and you do not dictate our right on anything. Get that through your simple minds.

In response to Captain America’s statement, it’s not Obama who’s holding things up. It’s the Republicans who won’t come to agreement risking the whole country for just 2 percent.

These people who are blaming the Democrats and Republicans for all of our problems in this country are out of their head. The two parties you want to blame are the senators and the congressmen. I’m registered in one of the parties. That doesn’t mean I believe in that party. I only register because I want to vote. So get wise and wake up.

A DEVOTED U.S. CITIZEN

I will accept your old computers, laptops or printers, but no monitors. I can use the parts from them and I like to make sure that they get recycled properly since we can no longer leave them in the trash. Call 484-941-2937.

Amity and Weidner Manor would like to thank Hope Methodist Church for the great dinner and music on Dec. 21. It was great and really appreciated.

I’m complaining about how the Pottstown Transit Department has posted everywhere that changes are going to go into effect on Jan. 7. Bus schedules and routes are going to be changed and we’d have flyers available and info on their website by mid-December. I’ve contacted them and they’re still not ready. People rely on the transit department to get to jobs and wherever and we are in the dark and don’t know what is going on.

FRUSTRATED RIDER WHO DEPENDS ON TRANSPORTATION

A mechanic, Brennan’s, has an old tow truck outside of their shop all decorated for Christmas and it’s very cool looking.